Imagine having 1,200 telephones. Zebulon resident and county manager Mike Phillips earned a spot in the Guinness Book of World Records for having the largest telephone collection with 1,135 different phones in 2011 and has increased his collection since then. Some of the phones are on display at the J. Joel Edwards Public Library. If you didn’t know it, you wouldn’t think some of the items are phones.
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Former Pike County standout kicker Dan Andersen has ended his kicking career with a National Championship playing for Valdosta State. His team defeated Winston-Salem in the Division II National Title game 35-7. Andersen was five for five on the PATs.
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Valentine’s Day has come and gone but it’s not too late for fathers to show their love and devotion to their daughters at the second annual St. Patrick’s Daddy Daughter Dance Friday, March 8.
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With recent rains dumping more than four inches of precipitation on the area, rivers are rising and some yards have become small ponds. The Flint River nearly doubled its usual gauge height in feet for February at almost 15 and a half feet.
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A fundraiser for local businessman Greg Fennell is set for Feb. 23 at Papa Willie’s restaurant in Williamson. Fennell was diagnosed with ALS about a year ago. Fennell has owned Papa Willie’s restaurant for about eight years.
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Members of the Crepe Myrtle Garden Club partnered with an instructor and students from Southern Crescent Technical College to give gardens in downtown Zebulon a fresh look. The horticulture class visited Wednesday morning and stayed well into the afternoon pulling weeds, pruning bushes and refreshing mulch in several flower beds.
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Peter Essick, a well known National Geographic photographer, will present the February program for the Central Georgia Nature Photographers Association. The meeting will be held at Joel Edwards Public Library in Zebulon on Tuesday, Feb. 19 at 6:30 p.m. Non-members are invited and there is no charge. Photographers of all skill levels are encouraged to attend.
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Pike County Emergency Services personnel were battling a blaze in Williamson Thursday afternoon amidst a steady downpour. The duplex apartment is located in Zebulon Road Apartments on Stephens Street and it was fully engulfed in flames when firefighters arrived.
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At a special called meeting Monday night, commissioners heard from citizens in support of county manager Mike Phillips and voted to require he proceed with obtaining financial training and become a Certified County Manager.
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